Pap screening clinics with native women in Skidegate, Haida Gwaii. Need for innovation.

• Main Authors: Calam, B., Norgrove, L., Brown, D., Wilson, M. A.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: College of Family Physicians of Canada 1999
• Subjects: Research Article; Skidegate; First Nations
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2328291; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10065309

PROBLEM ADDRESSED: First Nations women in British Columbia, especially elders, are underscreened for cancer of the cervix compared with the general population and are much more likely to die of the disease than other women. OBJECTIVE OF PROGRAM: To develop a pilot program, in consultation with commu...